Here you can read about The KISS Amp 300B, a project by Andre Jute to explain the design and construction of a single ended, zero negative feedback, triode vacuum tube ultra-fi amplifier to those who have not built one before.

 

KISS 100 by Andre Jute

at 13 May 2007

The KISS Amp INDEX

Make sure you have the latest KISS 100 file by the date above. This page will build up to the contents list, introduction and so on of The KISS Amp.

 

For the time being it is a place to put a rolling contents list and announcements about illustrations.

 

The main project papers and illustrations are accessible through the fiultra netsite at:

http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/fiultra/

or you can go directly to this index at

The KISS Amp INDEX.htm

or if your browser doesn't like that one, try this one

The%20KISS%20Amp%20INDEX.htm

 

The fiultra site is the only place the schematics of the amplifiers under consideration will be published. It is likely that not all the files and illustrations will be on fiultra all the time, so download what you want to keep. There is discussion of The KISS Amp on the newsgroup rec.audio.tubes. Note that versions of the files on the newsgroup may show corrupted text or formulae. No guarantees are given but we try to do better with the files posted at fiultra. All these texts and illustrations are copyright (c) Andre Jute, not for commercial use or publication other than as indicated.

 

KISS 100 Reserved for Main Introduction, Contents, etc. This file! Here is the direct link where the latest version will always be kept:

KISS 100.htm

or from bolshie browsers at

KISS%20100.htm

KISS 101 by Andre Jute: What are we doing in this project

KISS 101B by Andre Jute: Horns and other point source speakers

KISS 102 by Andre Jute: The myth of the watt

KISS 103 by Andre Jute: Calculating the power our amp requires to drive the chosen speakers

KISS 104 by Andre Jute: ZNFB: Religious imperative or manner of speaking?

KISS 110 DESIGNING THE OUTPUT STAGE

KISS 111 by Andre Jute: The output transformer as black box

KISS 112 by Andre Jute: Choosing an operating point for a new design

KISS 113 by Andre Jute: Designing a really good 300B power stage

KISS 114 by Andre Jute: Measuring progress beyond excellence

KISS 115 by Andre Jute: An advanced look at operating points and distortion

KISS 116 by Andre Jute: Is second harmonic distortion in SE amps euphonious?

KISS 117 by Menno van der Veen: The secret of selecting a good output transformer

KISS 120 DESIGNING THE DRIVER STAGE

KISS 121 by Andre Jute: The good driver stage

KISS 122 by Andre Jute: Putting the wu back

KISS 123 by Andre Jute: Why there is no negative feedback in The KISS Amp

KISS 124 by Andre Jute: Shaping the ultrafi driver stage

KISS 125 by Andre Jute: Using Slew Rate to make Miller work for you

KISS 126 by Andre Jute: Using batteries for negative grid bias

KISS 130 DESIGNING THE POWER SUPPLY

KISS 131 by Andre Jute: Reserved for Power supply design

KISS 132 by Andre Jute: Reserved for Specifying a mains transformer

KISS 133 by Andre Jute: The fast cap — with a little help from my friends

KISS 134 by Andre Jute: Linking double coil chokes for noise reduction

KISS 135 by John Byrns: Phasing double coil chokes

KISS 140 THE WHOLE TRANSFER FUNCTION

KISS 140 by Andre Jute: Reserved for Why everything is in the transfer function

KISS 141 by Andre Jute: Just the Facts, Mam: The Complete Tube Transfer Function

KISS 142 by Andre Jute: Reserved for Automating the calculations

KISS 150 TESTING AND MEASURING YOUR AMP

KISS 150 by Andre Jute: Reserved for Which instruments do you really need?

KISS 151 by Andre Jute: Reserved for DMM and computer: Your best friends!

KISS 152 by Iain Churches: Oscilloscope: Interpreting Square Wave Traces

KISS 160 Reserved

KISS 170 Reserved

KISS 180 Reserved

KISS 190 Other Amplifiers referenced, Schemos, Illustrations and Loudspeakers, etc This lot have their own index at

KISS 190.htm

or if your browser doesn't like spaces, try

KISS%20190.htm


THE VOLTAGES IN THIS AMP WILL KILL YOU.

GET EXPERIENCED SUPERVISION IF IT IS YOUR FIRST TUBE AMP


All text and illustration is Copyright © Andre Jute 1992-2006

and may not be reproduced except in the thread KISS xxx on rec.audio.tubes